Word: blame
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Considering the very real problems our country faces, this made-for-TV campaign seems almost criminal. But for every crime, there must be a perpetrator. After the fact, it has become fashionable to blame Vice President George Bush for using dirty tactics, or Gov. Michael S. Dukakis for being too weak in responding...
...film carries echoes of a generation of violence and apathy, from the Kitty Genovese case in 1964 to the New Bedford, Mass., rape in 1983. There is a political edge to the debate too. "During the Reagan years," says Kaplan, "there's been a 'blame the victim' mentality. We blame the poor for poverty. We blame the homeless for being in the street...
What went wrong between this year and last, what subtle chemistry shift, change in offensive and defensive alignments, caused such a dramatic fall? Who is to blame--players, coaches or both...
...there no one to blame but the football, which takes strange bounces and this year just slipped through the Crimson's fingers...
Ironically, Peterson--having the best year of his Harvard career--has had to bear much of the blame for the Crimson's failures...